Ellijay native completes junior swim season at Univ. of Cincinnati
Payton Woodring has made her mark at the University of Cincinnati.
Woodring, a 2022 Gilmer High School graduate, set a new Cincy record in the 200-yard backstroke at 1:56.42. She established the school’s new standard when she placed 12th in the finals of the Big 12’s Swim and Dive Conference Championships Feb. 25 through March 1 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.
Woodring also reached the finals in the 200 freestyle (1:49.52, 21st place) and 800 free relay (7:13.85, fourth). She served as first alternate in the 100 back finals after posting a preliminary time of 55.01.
Woodring serves as a Cincy team captain, has a 4.0 grade-point average and studies sports administration.